Apple has been named by the Chinese publication, “The People’s Daily,” in an article listing web sites and app stores that have/are being investigated for allegedly providing pornographic content in China, reports “The Wall Street Journal” (http://tinyurl.com/cl6s6qc).

Apple’s appearance on the list, which mostly includes relatively obscure websites, has spurred concern on the Chinese Internet that this may represent the beginning of another campaign by the government against Apple, says the “WSJ.” However, this time around the bad publicity is “markedly different” from the March attacks, which blasted Apple’s after-sales policies.

“The People’s Daily article is not featured prominently in Wednesday’s paper, nor does it make efforts to emphasize Apple, which is listed next to the names of other app stores singled out in the middle of the second paragraph of the article,” the “Journal” points out. “According to Apple’s terms of use, pornographic content is not allowed on its app store.”